This was for the most part a first time actor's movie. On low budget stuff like this, one never gets a clear shot of the monster and the acting is obviously scripted and sounds almost mechanical. What did bothered a little was Tanya, the little girl. First she was arguably one of the cutest children I have ever seen. That said, her lines were those of young adult and not a little kid. I tried to look beyond what she said and ignore the inflated maturity of her choice of words and large vocabulary. But alas, it didn't work. Little kids who talk like grown ups make me nervous.